McGinty tables new evidence in 2006 rape case

Western Australian Attorney-General Jim McGinty says he has become aware of evidence which casts a different light on a case involving a teenage boy who spent almost a year in custody on a charge he was later acquitted of.

Sixteen-year-old Patrick Waring was released from jail last week after being found not guilty of raping a 17-year-old girl in a Joondalup Park in 2006.

The teenager's family is angry he was detained for almost a year and want compensation.

Mr McGinty has told Parliament the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has informed him that while the boy initially denied knowing the victim, her DNA was later found on his underwear.

"The DPP has advised me that in his view there was an extremely strong case for prosecuting of that particular individual and that is why he and I support his decision in doing that - opted to continue with the prosecution," he said.